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[droptheious]

FROM: SUBJECT: FERN Ooo slang part the second FERN i think we just shared electrons, because i'm feeling a covalent bond between us LANCE Pidge, I need your help. I gotta send a meme to Chloe but ... DIPPER Hey Varian. You know those crazy alchemy bombs you used... PETER Hey Varian, this is Peter. Um, Peter Graham. USAGI Soooooooo~ How'd the date go? MAKO Varian— Checking in. SHIRO i think one of us put a chicken patty in my toaster EDDIE Hey. We need to talk. MELIUS 𝐻𝒾. 𝐼 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝒾𝓉 𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓀𝓈 𝓌𝑒𝒾𝓇𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓇𝓉 EDA Hey, kid. I... owe you an apology. LUZ Valentines MAUL I have a proposition for a project I think you'll be interested in USAGI I LOVE YOU FERN DUDE you still have your bandana! BUZZ Morning. I heard from Fern you wanted to go out into the blizzard. FERN dude your profile changed USAGI Ruby told me about the breakup. GLITCH Varian, I'm gonna go live somewhere else for now MAKO A "nerd" is somebody smart... MAUL Gifts FERN heeyyyy quick question FERN Christmas is coming up!!! CHLOE god who the FUCK ever thought emojis were a good idea??? KRISTOFF Varian,It's getting colder so I thought you could use this FERN heyyyy Variable RAPUNZEL okay not to put you on the spot but... EDA Potion time NEO Dude, I can mine antidote shit here! GLITCH Got this in my basket. EDA hey smart kid TEN Hallo ADAM Hey, k-- uh, Varian. I just wanted to check in USAGI I'm sorry I worried you and fainted on you yesterday. AMARA i lived, bitch NEO Debatably good news, asshole USAGI Hey Varian! It's Usagi OSCAR I'm sorry, Varian. Tell me what you need FERN a dark past huh MAUL Varian. I am in great need of your assistance FERN Varian VARIAN I CAN EAT FOOD USAGI How much moon essence do you have? USAGI VIVI-KUN, VIVI-KUN GUESS WHAT GUESS WHAT! RICHIE well I promised FERN A TOTALLY INCOMPLETE LIST OF OOO WORDS 'N SLANG GLITCH VARIAN ARE THERE BUGS IN THE WATER?! USAGI To help with restless nights and the... VIRA-LORR Little alchemist. I have a gift for you. MARTIN Hi, Varian. This is Martin. I wanted to reach out... USAGI Hi Varian, sweetie! I have a question for you. GLITCH varian I need to talk to you. it's important. USAGI I need you not to panic after what I tell you. FERN dog you have so many vests IRONHIDE HONK HONK USAGI ... I'm sorry I couldn't help you better, Varian EMERALD Hey, V. Not that I care that much or anything... FERN tell me when you're alive FERN Varian i stabbed two people AMARA hey weirdo i have something for you FERN is the Rapunzel in town your Rapunzel? PENNY Salutations!! You do not know me, but my name is Penny Polendina YANG Hey, is this Varian? I think we've met once before. FERN hey can we talk FERN you told ruby MAUL Surviving another year is always an occasion worth celebrating USAGI Hey I wanted to apologise USAGI VARIAN-KUUUUNNN!!!! FERN birth MAUL Look what just arrived for me. KATHERINE Do you want to get paid to make more purple goo things? FERN ok i know you're good with plants but what about animals FERN dog interested in means girls or guys

TO: SUBJECT: USAGI So. Maul dropped by, he's got his memories back. ADAM I'm worried about Shiro FERN Hey handsome OSCAR You've been weirdly quiet lately FERN Guess what I haven't told you lately? USAGI Hey. I'm back from the dead and I feel like trash. FERN I made meatloaf that may or may not poison us! Emerald Hey. I know you probably don't want to talk to anyone right now... BELLA Hey Bella. You've dated someone who's a different species to you right? BILL Hi, Fern mentioned you were interested in interdimensional portals... FERN Aw, your pictures are nice! KURT Hey. Are you around? RICHIE Is it just me or is Eddie acting weirder than usual? QROW Hey. Checking up on you. EDA Hi Eda. Hope Ruddiger found you okay. GLITCH Hey. What happened between you and Maul? LUNA Luna- I uh... I think I need your help EDDIE So hey, I finally worked out how to replicate the Antidote OSCAR So, I noticed Ozpin has shown up. ROGUE Hey, I managed to replicate the Antidote KURT Hey. We're back. None of us are dead. QROW Uh... hey. How are you guys holding up? PETER You gave Ruby the haunted dolls GLITCH Hey, Bud. Sorry I tried to murder you with a robot KURT I'm probably the last person you want to talk to... JON I'm sorry I attacked you JON Stay away from Fern. FERN Hey you still haven't got me those baking ingredients FERN Okay so the Betties are upping their war... USAGI Hey. So. Update. NEO You tried to bury her alive? SERIOUSLY? USAGI Emotions are really difficult FERN OH MY GOD YOU HAVE ONE TOO FERN Okay this better be to Fern this time. WYNONNA So guess who got into the fridge and ate literally everything in there.

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Early October, after the Maul post | Voice | un: pinecone

[justoscar]

[He had seen that stranger on the Fluids, heard the maniacal levels of crazy in the stranger made his menacing declarations--

And clicked out of the fluids.

With his heart racing and his stomach in knots, he needed to think.

Not long later, he sent Varian a discreet message.]

I'm sorry, Varian. Tell me what you need.

[He could go on for hours with condolences, but this was the month where blood ran from the taps and there was no sun.

They needed to pick up and keep moving. Mourn while they walked-- and prepare.

[droptheious]

[Varian's so very glad to hear Oscar's voice. He understands the urgency, at least. Varian would like nothing more than to lie in a dark hole and grieve. Or worse- go out there seeking revenge and undo his hard work trying to be a better person. The sort who wouldn't go out there seeking revenge.]

I don't know. Kurt and Ruby are coming over. I just- be careful. I don't know who he's attacking and the Fluids are being weird still.

Do you know Martin? I've been trying to get in touch with him but it's not working.

[justoscar]

I don't, honestly... but if you tell me a little about him I can keep an eye out for you? With the Fluids acting up, we need as many helping as we can get.

[A frustrated sigh was audible over the feed. So many people were in trouble-- but he just didn't know what to do.]

[droptheious]

Thank you. I really appreciate that. His last name is Blackwood. He lives with Jon at 35 Blackwood Run. I don't- I don't know if he'd be running or... or what, but losing Jon is going to hurt him a lot. He might not be thinking clearly.

[Not that Varian is thinking all that clearly- if he didn't have people to anchor him, he might have done something very, very foolish. He hates asking this of Oscar, but at least he has a bunch of Huntsmen and Huntswomen on his side. ]

Maul's going after him, I don't want him to die, too. He's a really good guy. We've seen enough of that today.

[justoscar]

We have...

[Quickly, not trusting the Fluids to not give out, Oscar jotted down the name and address so he could search them out himself.]

I, Uh... I did something stupid already, [He confessed, sounding a little embarrassed over the field trip in search for livestock feed that had ended up with him having a dislocated knee. Fortunately, his Aura was already working on the worst of the damage... a brace and some crutches were all he needed to be mobile.]

That means I'm slower than normal, but I'll find a way to check on him for you Varian. You have my word.

[And, unlike the wizard he knew he would inevitably merge with, he planned to keep that word.]

[droptheious]

Yeah and-

[No. Wait. Rewind. Varian might be trying his best not to let his grief swallow him whole, but he caught that, Oscar. ]

What... what stupid thing did you do? Oscar, if you're hurt don't go outside! Jeez!

[justoscar]

I got messed up looking for food for Shortcake, but it's fine. Just... a hurt knee.

[A dislocated knee that he currently had braced-- along with orders to use a set of crutches to get around from Oz himself.]

Look, Varian. I'll have someone else come along, but even hurt I'm still a bit harder to take down than you are. Plus I found this coat in my basket... and usually the stuff that comes in the baskets are helpful, right?

[droptheious]

[Varian's squinting at the Fluid- trying to determine how truthful Oscar is being on the state of his knee. ]

Yeah, I know that you're better off than me out there. Just... make sure you're not alone. I want this to lower the risk of a friend getting hurt- getting another friend hurt in the process won't help matters.

[justoscar]

If things are as a bad as everyone is saying, we'll probably pick someone's house for everyone to stay at like we did in July. It's hard to have too many problems when there's six licensed hunstmen and huntresses under one roof.

[droptheious]

See, you say that, but I also know how insanely reckless licenced huntsmen and huntresses are so that gives me way less comfort than you probably think it does.

[justoscar]

... No, you're right to be worried. This is Ruby we're talking about.

[droptheious]

Exactly. She doesn't know when to quit and she's just going to keep trying to save people and in a month like this, that's going to be constant. Even she has a breaking point and I don't want her to meet it.

[justoscar]

I don't either-- but I don't know how we're going to keep her grounded if everything gets as bad as we're being told it will.

She's been through a lot already...

[droptheious]

Me either. She's not exactly prone to listening to reason.

[It's simultaneously the most endearing and frustrating thing about her.]

She has, and I don't want this month to put more on her plate.

[And then in a week this month does exactly that.]

[justoscar]

Then let's find a way to carry some of the stuff for her.

[The suggestion was made in a quiet yet resolute tone.]

Varian... if there's trouble, will you help me help her?

[droptheious]

That's the plan. But we have to do it sneakily, if she finds out we're doing it, she'll try to take it all back. And probably take some of our stuff too, for good measure.

[He loves her a lot, but reasonable Ruby Rose is not.]

Of course? I sure as heck can't handle her all on my own.

[justoscar]

Try as she wants, she can't take all of our stuff.

[He thought of his situation with Oz. He thought of Varian and whatever issues the young Alchemist had that Oscar was not yet aware of.]

Which is gonna be the big problem if we're not careful...

...to be honest, I'm not sure anyone can handle her on their own. Ruby has a lot, but that's not bad. We just have to make sure she doesn't walk alone.

[droptheious]

That is true. She only has relatively small arms. She can't carry everything.

[Varian's stuff was pretty consistently on fire. No one wanted to handle that, much less him.

He offers Oscar a lopsided smile.]

Sure! Between the two of us, we might be able to just about handle her. It's definitely a two-person job, though.

[justoscar]

It really is.

[Oscar sighed, relieved to have that weight off his shoulders. Ruby really did make an excellent pick with Varian-- and, while a part of him twinged with jealousy, he was honestly happy for the two of them.

Hopefully they would be good for each other.]

...Thanks,

[He said, a small smile in his tone.]

I feel better knowing there's someone else we can trust here.

[droptheious]

[Varian would probably disagree there. He's done plenty to hurt her, and he knows he categorically is not the best catch in the world. He's a goddamn mess of a human being held together by spite and duct-tape. But he's trying, and he supposes that has to be worth something. ]

Same here. Don't worry. We'll figure something out. We'll survive this awful month somehow.

[justoscar]

We will.

Let's keep in touch. It'll be better if we all try to work together.

[droptheious]

Sure thing. Catch you soon, Oscar.